Day History: March-30

Events History

598-Maurice's Balkan campaigns#Renewed campaigns, 597–602|Balkan Campaign-The Eurasian Avars|Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine Empire|Byzantine stronghold of Constanța|Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube|Danube River after the Avar Khaganate|Avaro-Slavs|Slavic hordes are decimated by the Plague (disease)|plague.

1282-The people of Sicily-rebel against the Capetian House of Anjou|Angevin monarch|king Charles I of Naples|Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.

1296-Edward I of England|Edward I-Capture of Berwick (1296)|sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.

1885-The Battle for Kushka-triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.

1899-German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights|International Committee on Atomic Weights-

1909-The Queensboro Bridge-in New York City opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.

1910-The Mississippi Legislature-founds The University of Southern Mississippi.

1912-King of Morocco|Sultan-Abdelhafid of Morocco|Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a France|French protectorate.

1918-Outburst of bloody March Days|March Events-in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.

1939-The Heinkel He 100-fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745km/h).

1940-Second Sino-Japanese War-Japan declares Nanjing|Nanking capital of a new Reorganized National Government of China|Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.

1944-World War II-Allies of World War II|Allied bombers conduct their most severe Bombing of Sofia in World War II|bombing run on Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria.

1944-Allied Strategic bombing|bombing raid-on Nuremberg. Along the English eastern coast 795 aircraft are despatched, including 572 Avro Lancaster|Lancasters, 214 Handley Page Halifax|Halifaxes and 9 de Havilland Mosquito|Mosquitos. The bombers meet resistance at the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands from German fighters. In total, 95 bombers are lost, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of World War II.

1979-Airey Neave-a British Member of Parliament#United Kingdom|Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.

1981-President of the United States|U.S. President-Ronald Reagan is Reagan assassination attempt|shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another two people are wounded at the same time.

1982-Space Shuttle program-STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Space Shuttle Columbia|''Columbia'' at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.